We celebrated today's public holiday at a Survival Day event hosted by the Wurundjeri people. It included a didgeridoo meditation, dance group, Welcome to Country ceremony, traditional story telling and activities for kids, and stalls. Part of the Welcome to Country included a smoking ceremony, which is part of a traditional greeting and cleansing.
I acknowledge the traditional owners of Country on which I live, the people of the Kulin nations, and pay my respects to their elders past and present.
This looks like a very interesting ceremony. I had a look at the site you indicated. It's a pity that indigenous people have been almost wiped out by excess colonisation.
Looks a great and nice meeting/event.
When our son visited Australia he did first send a note to the immigration office of he could take his didgeridoo with him on the visit. I ask him why he wanted to do so. He answer , O no , I do n`t but a I want the officer to remember this day.
When our son visited Australia he did first send a note to the immigration office of he could take his didgeridoo with him on the visit. I ask him why he wanted to do so. He answer , O no , I do n`t but a I want the officer to remember this day.